When is Azure norwaywest greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-22 20:48 UTC
The Azure norwaywest region runs in Stavanger, Norway, on the Norway electricity grid. educk forecasts when that grid is greenest — using day-ahead wind & solar and demand data from ENTSO-E — so you can schedule carbon-aware workloads (batch jobs, CI, model training, backups, data pipelines) for the cleanest hours.
- Wind and solar are forecast to cover about 23% of Norway's electricity demand around 21:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 20:15 UTC at roughly 23% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 7% around 14:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure norwaywest
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 20:15 | 3558 | 15497 | -11939 | 23% |
| Thu 20:30 | 3523 | 15385 | -11862 | 23% |
| Thu 20:45 | 3488 | 15302 | -11814 | 23% |
| Thu 21:00 | 3384 | 15032 | -11648 | 23% |
| Thu 21:15 | 3348 | 14994 | -11646 | 22% |
| Thu 21:30 | 3310 | 14809 | -11499 | 22% |
| Thu 21:45 | 3274 | 14637 | -11363 | 22% |
| Thu 22:00 | 2846 | 14484 | -11638 | 20% |
| Thu 22:15 | 2835 | 14309 | -11474 | 20% |
| Thu 22:30 | 2820 | 14215 | -11395 | 20% |
| Thu 22:45 | 2802 | 14124 | -11322 | 20% |
| Thu 23:00 | 2761 | 14037 | -11276 | 20% |
| Thu 23:15 | 2748 | 13980 | -11232 | 20% |
| Thu 23:30 | 2726 | 13851 | -11125 | 20% |
| Thu 23:45 | 2709 | 13828 | -11119 | 20% |
| Fri 00:00 | 2669 | 13738 | -11069 | 19% |
| Fri 00:15 | 2658 | 13768 | -11110 | 19% |
| Fri 00:30 | 2645 | 13750 | -11105 | 19% |
| Fri 00:45 | 2635 | 13613 | -10978 | 19% |
| Fri 01:00 | 2605 | 13655 | -11050 | 19% |
| Fri 01:15 | 2591 | 13600 | -11009 | 19% |
| Fri 01:30 | 2582 | 13586 | -11004 | 19% |
| Fri 01:45 | 2566 | 13693 | -11127 | 19% |
| Fri 02:00 | 2526 | 13610 | -11084 | 19% |
| Fri 02:15 | 2513 | 13601 | -11088 | 18% |
| Fri 02:30 | 2497 | 13697 | -11200 | 18% |
| Fri 02:45 | 2482 | 13784 | -11302 | 18% |
| Fri 03:00 | 2441 | 13774 | -11333 | 18% |
| Fri 03:15 | 2426 | 13892 | -11466 | 17% |
| Fri 03:30 | 2410 | 13990 | -11580 | 17% |
| Fri 03:45 | 2396 | 14175 | -11779 | 17% |
| Fri 04:00 | 2363 | 14522 | -12159 | 16% |
| Fri 04:15 | 2347 | 14711 | -12364 | 16% |
| Fri 04:30 | 2330 | 14926 | -12596 | 16% |
| Fri 04:45 | 2313 | 15084 | -12771 | 15% |
| Fri 05:00 | 2278 | 15451 | -13173 | 15% |
| Fri 05:15 | 2262 | 15659 | -13397 | 14% |
| Fri 05:30 | 2245 | 15913 | -13668 | 14% |
| Fri 05:45 | 2229 | 16061 | -13832 | 14% |
| Fri 06:00 | 2153 | 16071 | -13918 | 13% |
| Fri 06:15 | 2136 | 16138 | -14002 | 13% |
| Fri 06:30 | 2120 | 16274 | -14154 | 13% |
| Fri 06:45 | 2101 | 16360 | -14259 | 13% |
| Fri 07:00 | 2025 | 16301 | -14276 | 12% |
| Fri 07:15 | 2000 | 16256 | -14256 | 12% |
| Fri 07:30 | 1972 | 16265 | -14293 | 12% |
| Fri 07:45 | 1942 | 16355 | -14413 | 12% |
| Fri 08:00 | 1835 | 16175 | -14340 | 11% |
| Fri 08:15 | 1805 | 16188 | -14383 | 11% |
| Fri 08:30 | 1773 | 16181 | -14408 | 11% |
| Fri 08:45 | 1743 | 16079 | -14336 | 11% |
| Fri 09:00 | 1615 | 16076 | -14461 | 10% |
| Fri 09:15 | 1587 | 16081 | -14494 | 10% |
| Fri 09:30 | 1561 | 15942 | -14381 | 10% |
| Fri 09:45 | 1535 | 15898 | -14363 | 10% |
| Fri 10:00 | 1427 | 15937 | -14510 | 9% |
| Fri 10:15 | 1400 | 15848 | -14448 | 9% |
| Fri 10:30 | 1374 | 15831 | -14457 | 9% |
| Fri 10:45 | 1348 | 15781 | -14433 | 9% |
| Fri 11:00 | 1232 | 15812 | -14580 | 8% |
| Fri 11:15 | 1212 | 15796 | -14584 | 8% |
| Fri 11:30 | 1193 | 15732 | -14539 | 8% |
| Fri 11:45 | 1176 | 15728 | -14552 | 7% |
| Fri 12:00 | 1129 | 15770 | -14641 | 7% |
| Fri 12:15 | 1118 | 15786 | -14668 | 7% |
| Fri 12:30 | 1110 | 15718 | -14608 | 7% |
| Fri 12:45 | 1103 | 15682 | -14579 | 7% |
| Fri 13:00 | 1101 | 15704 | -14603 | 7% |
| Fri 13:15 | 1098 | 15735 | -14637 | 7% |
| Fri 13:30 | 1095 | 15815 | -14720 | 7% |
| Fri 13:45 | 1095 | 15904 | -14809 | 7% |
| Fri 14:00 | 1093 | 15903 | -14810 | 7% |
| Fri 14:15 | 1099 | 15849 | -14750 | 7% |
| Fri 14:30 | 1105 | 15954 | -14849 | 7% |
| Fri 14:45 | 1115 | 15999 | -14884 | 7% |
| Fri 15:00 | 1142 | 15926 | -14784 | 7% |
| Fri 15:15 | 1164 | 15984 | -14820 | 7% |
| Fri 15:30 | 1190 | 16119 | -14929 | 7% |
| Fri 15:45 | 1231 | 16101 | -14870 | 8% |
| Fri 16:00 | 1361 | 15999 | -14638 | 9% |
| Fri 16:15 | 1396 | 16069 | -14673 | 9% |
| Fri 16:30 | 1430 | 16118 | -14688 | 9% |
| Fri 16:45 | 1466 | 16032 | -14566 | 9% |
| Fri 17:00 | 1522 | 15990 | -14468 | 10% |
| Fri 17:15 | 1555 | 15986 | -14431 | 10% |
| Fri 17:30 | 1579 | 16018 | -14439 | 10% |
| Fri 17:45 | 1606 | 15920 | -14314 | 10% |
| Fri 18:00 | 1643 | 15899 | -14256 | 10% |
| Fri 18:15 | 1662 | 15872 | -14210 | 10% |
| Fri 18:30 | 1685 | 15841 | -14156 | 11% |
| Fri 18:45 | 1704 | 15720 | -14016 | 11% |
| Fri 19:00 | 1734 | 15666 | -13932 | 11% |
| Fri 19:15 | 1748 | 15583 | -13835 | 11% |
| Fri 19:30 | 1763 | 15484 | -13721 | 11% |
| Fri 19:45 | 1777 | 15319 | -13542 | 12% |
| Fri 20:00 | 1808 | 15291 | -13483 | 12% |
| Fri 20:15 | 1818 | 15152 | -13334 | 12% |
| Fri 20:30 | 1828 | 15058 | -13230 | 12% |
| Fri 20:45 | 1838 | 14998 | -13160 | 12% |
| Fri 21:00 | 1870 | 14816 | -12946 | 13% |
| Fri 21:15 | 1875 | 14753 | -12878 | 13% |